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Pada intinya ada empat cara untuk mencapai Tuhan dalam agama Hindu yang secara luas dikenal sebagai Yoga atau Marga. Kata Yoga dapat diartikan sebagai upaya pemersatuan dengan Yang Suci (Union with the divine). Namun kata Yoga juga digunakan dalam artian: alam (nature), keadaan keselamatan (the state of salvation), ketetapan (determination), bab (chapter), ciptaan (creation), persatuan [...]

Pranayama memainkan peran yang amat penting dalam Raja Yoga. Tidak ada definisi yang tepat untuk Prana. Beberapa orang mengatakan Prana artinya aliran hidup (vital currents) dalam tubuh. Ayama artinya menahan (restraint). Pranayama secara harafiah dapat diartikan menahan aliran kehidupan dalam badan. Beberapa orang mendefinisikan Prana sebagai penghubung antara kesadaran absolut dan pikiran dan badan.
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Om Yoga is the way to freedom from suffering and limitation. “What world does he who meditates on Om until the end of his life, win by That? If he meditates on the Supreme Being with the Syllable Om, he becomes one with the Light, he is led to the world of Brahman [the Absolute [...]

Bhakti yoga is a term which denotes the spiritual practice of nurturing loving devotion to God. Traditionally there are nine forms of bhakti-yoga. Bhakti yoga is generally considered the easiest of the four general paths to liberation (moksha). As Vivekananda introduced the book: Bhakti-Yoga is a real, genuine search after the Lord, a search beginning, [...]

Swami Vivekananda’s book, Raja-Yoga, is one of the first books to explore the Raja Yoga; brilliantly written in a clear and concise manner. Although, like most books on Raja-yoga which discuss philosophies as well as practices, what is most beneficial about Vivekanada’s book is his emphasis upon the effects of Raja-Yoga.
The first part of the [...]

Swara yoga is an ancient science of pranic body rhythms and explores how prana can be controlled through the breath. Traditionally a closely guarded science, taught only through direct transmission from guru to disciple, very little has ever been written about it.
In this book the theory behind swara yoga is discussed, including the topics of [...]

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Siva Samhita
Bab V
188
ashuna sampra vaksyami mantra sadhanam uttamam,
aihikamusmika sukham yena syad aviraudhatah.
Sekarang Aku akan mengatakan kepadamu, tentang pelaskanaan terbaik dari japa dan mantra; dari sini seseorang memperoleh kebahagiaan yang sama baiknya dalam dunia diluar ini.

Siva Samhita
Bab V
158
yaj jnattva prapya visayam citta vrttir viliyate,
tasmin parisramam yogi karoti nir apeksakah.
By this knowledge, the modifications of the mind are suspended, however active they may be; therefore, let the Yogi untiringly and unselfishly try to obtain this knowledge.
Perubahan pikiran tergantung dengan pengetahuan ini bagaimanapun giatnya mereka; karena itu biarlah yogi secara tak kenal [...]

Siva Samhita
Bab V
atha raja yoga kathanam,
151
ata urdhvam divya rupam sahasraram saroruham,
brahmanda khyasya dehasya bahye tisthati muktidam.
Above this (i.e., the lunar sphere) is the brilliant thousand-petalled lotus. It is outside this microcosm of the body, it is the giver of salvation.
Diatas semua ini (yaitu, derah bulan) ada ribuan daun bunga teratai yang cemerlang. ia ada dibagian [...]